The first match of the three-ODI series will start at 9:30am at the Chittagong Divisional Stadium with ESPN and state-run Bangladesh Television beaming the live coverage.

A full-house is expected at the 15,000-capacity venue as all tickets have been sold out and there was mad rush for tickets in the port city yesterday.

Habibul Bashar's men lost the preceding Test series 2-0 but there was a reason for the Tigers to be excited as they not only pushed the world's number one team hard in the first Test at Fatullah but also maintained a very good home record in recent times.

The Tigers caused one of the biggest upsets in one-day history in June 2005 when they inflicted a five-wicket defeat on Australia during their England tour. But most importantly, they have won a match each in the series against India and Sri Lanka apart from series victories over Zimbabwe and Kenya to take their record to 15 wins in 122 matches.

Meanwhile, the home side picked left-arm paceman Syed Rasel -- ignored in the two Tests -- in the lineup for the first game. Opener Javed Omar, Tushar Imran and right-arm pacer Shahadat Hossain will have to sit out.

All-rounder Alok Kapali who missed the last one-dayer against Kenya due to injury, returned to the side while the selectors kept their faith in Rajin Saleh, who hammered a hundred against Kenya in the last match. He is likely to open the innings with inform Shahriar Nafees.

Ricky Ponting's men will definitely try to come down as hard as possible to erase the Johannesburg nightmare -- their last limited-overs game -- where South Africa chased down 434 runs to rewrite history.

Australia's one-day squad is altogether a different one from the Test side as only five players -- Ponting, Adam Gilchrist, Brett Lee, Michael Clarke and Michael Hussey -- switch from all whites to colour dresses. Clarke, however, looked a doubtful starter after a head injury during swimming yesterday. Off-spinner Dan Cullen is likely to make his one-day debut after Test baptism also in Chittagong.